Frank Lampard is adamant he has done enough to keep Newcastle United duo Kieron Dyer and Jermaine Jenas out of the England side.

Frank Lampard is adamant he has done enough to keep Newcastle United duo Kieron Dyer and Jermaine Jenas out of the England side.

The Chelsea midfielder has started the last two internationals and is confident he has cemented his place on the left-hand side of midfield in either an orthodox 4-4-2 or a `diamond' formation.

Lampard was chosen ahead of Jenas, who inexplicably did not even make the bench for the Euro 2004 qualifying win over Slovakia on Wednesday night, while Dyer pulled out of the squad in order to rest his troublesome shins.

And, with Chelsea looking forward to a Champions League campaign next season, the 25-year-old is hoping he has done enough to push the Magpie pair out of the first-team picture for good.

"I have given myself a good shout with that performance," said the former West Ham man, who had a second-half goal harshly ruled out for offside.

"I can sit on the beach next week happy with myself, knowing that I have given myself a great chance of cementing a place in the team.

"Hopefully this is just a start for me, but I've started two games in a row for the first time, which has to be good news for me.

"It is no good me flitting in and out. I want to stay in the team and become more and more influential.

"I think it doesn't get much better for me at the moment. I think I can get in there and do it for England. I feel confident of doing a job on the left because I like that position a lot.

"It is all right saying you can do it, but you have to go out there and prove it and I think I've strengthened my case after that game.

He added: "Playing top-class Champions League football every week will help. I have done my bit for England now, but I have got to push on and make the European Championships. It has been a great season for me."

Lampard was not at his best in a disappointing team performance in the first half, but did grow in stature as the game went on.

Nevertheless, although he would have got his name on the scoresheet but for an incorrect offside decision which denied him a first international goal, it remains to be seen if he has done enough to move ahead of Dyer in Eriksson's plans.

He added: "Sven just told us to keep going at half-time and to up it a little bit. He knew we could come back and win the game easily, but he didn't give any rollockings or anything like that.

"It was a difficult game. We didn't play at our best in the first half, but if Michael Owen had run through and scored in the first minute it might have been a different story and we could have won it comfortably.

"They scored a bizarre free-kick, which happens now and again, but we are not kidding ourselves, it wasn't great, but we showed plenty of character in the second half."

Lampard, though, was more disappointed about his ruled-out effort. He said: "I was disappointed because I knew I was onside.

"I don't know how the linesman got it wrong because there were three players on the line. It cut my celebration short, which is lucky because I was going off the pitch and you're not supposed to do that any longer."